Studies in the Eighteenth Century III

This volume of essays, from the Third David Nichol Smith Memorial Seminar, continues the valuable and lively tradition established in the two earlier seminars and volumes. The essays, by distinguished international scholars, range over many of the topics that make the eighteenth century a rich area of study: the burgeoning of ideas about man and his place in the world, social history, philosophy and literature, literary criticism and traditions, the poetry and prose of the giants of the age. For all students of eighteenth-century studies this book will be vital reading.

R.F. Brissenden (1928-1991) was Reader in English at the Australian National University. He published a number of articles and monographs in the field of eighteenth-century studies, including Virtue in Distress: Studies in the Novel of Sentiment from Richardson to Sade and also wrote on Australian and American literature. J.C. Eade is Professor in Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures at the Australian National University. He is the editor of a Bibliographical Essay on Eighteenth-Century Studies in Australia.